Combination-tool



(No Model.) l v F. L. ARMSTRONG."

COMBINATION TOOL. A l

Patented July 10,1883.

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UNITED "STATES yPATENT -rricn FRANK L. ARMSTRGNG, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINATION-woon..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,995, dated July 10, 1883.

A pplieniion filed Febru'ary 2T, ldB; (No model.)

' To all whom it may concern.'

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Be it known that I, FRANK L. ARMSTRONG, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Penn` Sylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combination-Tools, which iinprovement is. fully set forth in the following speciiieation andaccoinpanying drawings, in which- Y' Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly sectional, of the combination-tool embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a representation of different Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

My invention consists of a tubular stem, which is formed with a socket for the reception of the shank of a tool, and a sliding rod, which carries on its outer end a mallet or hammer head, the latter adapted, owing to its weight, to impart blows4 to the tools, during the operation of which the tool may be rotated by proper manipulation of the stem. The stein and sliding rod may, however, be connected as one, so as to serve as a handle for the inallet or hammer` head yand toolssuch as screw-drivers-all as will be hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a hollow or tubular stem, one end of which is formed with a socket, B, for the reception of the shank of a tool, C, said socket having f1tted to its wall a screw, D, which is adapted to tighten against said shank, and thus firmly secure the tool to the stein.

Within the stem A is a sliding rod, E, the inner end of which is formed with a head, a, which, when the rod is extended, abnts against the inner face of the end collar, b, ofthe stem A, and thus prevents displacement of the rod.

To the outer endv ofthe rod E is secured a mallet-head, F, which, by moving said rod in opposite directions, may be made to strike the lhead F, and is adapted to strike the. collar b or adjacent end of the stein A when blows of the inallet-head are imparted to the'stennand thus prevent fracture of the inallet-head and stem.

To the collar b is iitted a screw, .Lewhich may be tightened against the rod E, so that the latter may be rendered immovable inthe stem-A; or the rod and stem act as one. In practice the parts enumerated are preferably formed of malleable iron, plated or otherwise iinished.

Various tools may be fitted to the stein A, a few forms of which are shown in the drawings. a carpenters, stone-cutters, or other chisel, the screwJ is loosened, and the stem Ais held by one hand, while the inallet-headis grasped When it is desired to use a tool such as by the other hand and moved in and out of 7o thestein, so that blows are imparted to the head end ofthe stein, and consequently to the tool, the inallet-head acting as a weight for said purpose. A tool such as a drill requires that the stein is rotated during the intervals of the blows. For a screw-driver, the rod- E is moved into the stein and the screw J tightd ened, so that the stein and rod operate as one as a handle, the 1nallet-head readily serving as the bulbous end of the handle, as usual in screw-drivers.

The mallet-head and hammer-head, if employed, are also serviceable for their purposes,

the screw J being tightened and the stem fori'ning the handle of the mallet or hammer as constituted, and other uses of the various parts may be made as will suggest themselves.

Having thus described inyinvention, whatl claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A tubular stem, incombination with a sliding rod fitted thereto, said stem having at the lower end a tool-receiving socket, and at the upper or head end a 'colla-r, b, said rod carryingla hammerlhead, the blows of which are received by 4the collar, lsubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A tubular stem having a tool-receiving socket at one end, in combination with aslidin g rod connected with said stem, a weighted head secured to said rod, and screws, one of which is fitted to the stem at the socket cud and the IOO other at the head end, the blows imparted to on its inner end to receive said pad, the parts the tool being received at said` head end, silbbeing .combined and operating substantially as 1o stantially as and for the purpose set forth. and for the purpose set forth.

3. A tubular stem having a tool-receiving 5 socket and tightening -sereW for the tool, a I

sliding rod eonneetedwith said stem7 aweightl Witnesses: ed head secured to said rod7 and a pad at- I JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM,

FRANK L. ARMSTRONG.

taehed to said head, the latter being recessed A. P. GRANT'. 

